00929nas a2200193   4500000000100000008004100001653001200042653002400054653001000078100001300088700001000101700001100111700001300122245005900135856005200194300001200246490000700258520047000265       2010                            d10aleprosy10aPalatal perforation10aIndia1 aDONGRE A1 aKar S1 aJain S1 aGONDSE S00aPALATAL PERFORATION: A RARE PRESENTING SIGN OF LEPROSY  uhttp://medind.nic.in/jaw/t10/i1/jawt10i1p75.pdf  a75 - 760 v153 aA 60 years old male presented with regurgitations of liquid food through the nose along with epistaxis and tingling numbess of both the upper and lower extremities. On clinical examination a diagnosis of Hansen’s disease was made and was confirmed on slit skin smear. The palatal perforation healed on treatment with multi-drug therapy for leprosy (MDT-MB). This case is being reported for rarity of mucosal lesions in this era of multi drug treatment of leprosy.